Witnesses are being urged to come forward following a crash which left a man with serious leg injuries.

Police were called around 9.25am on Tuesday (August 23) to a serious crash in Kirkham Road, Freckleton, involving a motorcyclist and car.

A Vauxhall Corsa had crashed with a man riding a Suzuki motorbike who was travelling in the opposite direction.

The rider, a man in his 40s from Freckleton, suffered a serious injury to his leg and was taken to Royal Preston Hospital.

The driver of the Vauxhall, a man in his 30s, also from Freckleton, was not injured.

Accident investigators attended the incident for five hours.

Sgt Craig Booth, from Lancashire Police’s Tactical Operations, said: “We are urging any witnesses who saw what happened and have yet to speak to police to get in touch.

“The motorcyclist has suffered serious injuries and we want to establish exactly what has taken place.

“If you can help, or have dashboard mounted camera footage, please contact us.”

Anyone with information can call 101 or email 3457@lancashire.police.uk quoting log 0346 of August 23.